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Bennie Thompson Asked the Obvious Question — and Exposed a Dangerous Fiction

Absolute confidence paired with complete incoherence — that's the Trump administration in a nutshell.

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Kristoffer Ealy
Dec 27, 2025
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Today was supposed to be my day off. And not “academic day off,” which is a lie we tell ourselves so we don’t scream into a pillow. I mean a real one. The kind where you don’t open your laptop, don’t doomscroll, don’t think about deadlines, and don’t remind yourself that the winter semester is ending and you are staring down …

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Political science prof & political psych nerd. Writes about groupthink, power, & American nonsense. Sometimes funny on purpose. 📬 professorealy.substack.com 🐦 kmezdoesit.bsky.social
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